Cincinnati Police Department traffic stops applying RAND's framework to analyze racial disparities

In 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) joined with other agencies and organizations to improve police-community relations in the city. This report focuses on the analysis of racial disparities in traffic stops in Cincinnati. The authors find no evidence of racial differences between the sto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ridgeway, Greg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND, Center on Quality Policing 2009, 2009
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:In 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) joined with other agencies and organizations to improve police-community relations in the city. This report focuses on the analysis of racial disparities in traffic stops in Cincinnati. The authors find no evidence of racial differences between the stops of black and those of similarly situated nonblack drivers, but some issues can exacerbate the perception of racial bias
Physical Description:xvii, 73 pages illustrations
ISBN:0833047892
9780833047892